"We have decided not to make any detailed comment on Bill's latest statement. There are two sides to every story. We have been working hard at rehearsals making excellent progress after Tony's treatments and we have engaged a substitute drummer for the forthcoming shows. See you at Download." --Black Sabbath, 5/17/12

8:03, do you realize the extent of which Sharon owns Sabbath? "Ozzy" owns 50% of Black Sabbath. Since he is a walking fuckin' mummy and has nothing to do with the business end of things, this essentially means Sharon owns half of Sabbath. If you dont think Sharon has anything to do with this, youre sorely msitaken.

8:52, how about instead of expecting a paycheck tomorrow or whenever it is you receive one from your job, you just work the next couple of weeks for free? Suck it up and do your job. Why should you expect compensation?..... You realize how dumb that sounds now?

As rad as it would be for bill to be playing drums and I agree it sucks he aint, the name of sabbath was shit on years ago, anyone remember the tony martin, glen hughes and ian gillan incarnations of sabbath?, god awful!

The fact that Bill Ward won't explain exactly what his problem is, and the stories that have been circulating about his pay decrease are so far fetched, they should hire Dave Grohl and piss on Bill Ward and his stupid drama announcements.

sabbath went to shit when they released technical ectasy - that album sucked. ozzy was great in the early to mid 70s. his voice now sounds like he is pinching his nose when singing. i think replacing ozzy for glen danzig would revive the original sabbath sound.

Who cares... first...appice was better than ward..
dio was much better than ozzy.

Bring gwar up on stage during one of their shows so they can slay these old dudes...

The oz's great (or should i say "okay" days) are well behind him.

Sabbath may have helped the metal scene getting started. Were they the best at it? No way.

As far as drumming replacements?????
I would think lars would be a good choice
Reason? This drama sucks, so the vibe if the tour will suck. It only stands to reason, you would want to put the suckiest drummer music up there to keep the vibe going